City
Fontana
Fontana is a city record. City or town offices may handle local rules inside their limits, while county offices still handle records, taxes, courts, and many services.
Starting point
Confirm the address is inside local limits first.
If the address is inside Fontana, city or town offices may handle local permits, code, and services. If it is outside limits, county routing may be the better first stop.
A mailing city is not always the same as city government jurisdiction.
2025 population
221,223
Land area
43.285 sq mi
Water area
0 sq mi
Directory notes
Local layers to keep on the same page.
Confirm city or town limits.
A mailing address can use a nearby place name. If the address is outside limits, county offices may handle permits, code, and land-use routes.
County still matters.
San Bernardino County can still matter for assessor, tax collector, recorder, court, public health, social service, and election records.
Some layers are separate.
Water, sewer, fire, school, utilities, coast, earthquake maps, wildfire zones, parks, and trails may point outside city hall.
County layer
County shown for Fontana
Practical notes
Office, map, permit, and paperwork notes for Fontana
Place note · Outdoors · Reviewed July 7, 2026
Fontana park shelters can be reserved, but the details matter
Fontana park shelter rentals can be reserved online or in person, with timing, resident rates, and extra rules for things like inflatables.
Place note · Rules and licenses · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Fontana business questions start with license and project type
Fontana's business page routes business-license applications, renewals, inspections, building permits, plan check, and development or zoning information through separate city links.
Place note · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Fontana emergency prep has its own local guide
Ready Fontana gives residents, workers, business owners, and visitors local preparedness guidance for wildfires, earthquakes, floods, severe windstorms, kits, plans, classes, and recovery.
Place note · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Fontana trash service is handled through Burrtec
Fontana contracts with Burrtec for trash and recycling service, while city utility and sewer questions may use different public works contacts.
Place note · Rules and licenses · Reviewed July 3, 2026
Fontana 311 is the front door for many city service requests
Fontana 311 lets residents submit and track city service requests for streets, trees, sidewalks, parks, graffiti, potholes, and other public works issues.
Place note · Home and property · Reviewed July 3, 2026
For work at a Fontana address, Build Fontana is the permit front door
Fontana uses Build Fontana and Building and Safety pages for permit applications, plan checks, inspection links, project updates, fees, and older permit research.
Almanac notes
Stories and local context near Fontana
Place note · History and culture
Fontana Days Run is a community thread with long legs
The Fontana Days Run began as a local half marathon in 1955 and now helps carry one of the city's best-known civic traditions.
Place note · History and culture
Fontana's Art Depot turns a freight stop into a local gallery
Fontana's Art Depot Gallery began as a 1915 freight train depot and now gives the city a small arts anchor beside the Pacific Electric Trail.
Place note · History and culture
Kaiser Steel changed Fontana from farm town to industrial city
Kaiser Steel opened in Fontana during World War II and left a lasting mark on local jobs, medicine, industry, and the Inland Empire's working landscape.
Place note · Outdoors
Mary Vagle Nature Center gives Fontana a quiet Jurupa Hills pocket
Mary Vagle Nature Center brings pond paths, native gardens, local geology, and hands-on nature programs into a city that is often seen first from busy roads.
Place note · Outdoors
Pacific Electric Trail gives Fontana a straight outdoor thread
The Pacific Electric Trail runs 7 miles through Fontana, linking parks, resource centers, scenery, and everyday walking or biking space.
County layer · History and culture
Chaffey-Garcia House keeps Rancho Cucamonga close to its citrus roots
Rancho Cucamonga's Chaffey-Garcia House gives Etiwanda a preserved home-and-citrus layer beside the city's newer foothill and Route 66 stories.
County layer · History and culture
The California Theatre keeps San Bernardino's movie-palace layer
San Bernardino's California Theatre is a 1928 downtown landmark, with movie-palace roots, live performances, and a long civic role.
County layer · History and culture
Chino's Old Schoolhouse Museum keeps the first classroom close
Chino's Old Schoolhouse Museum began as the city's first schoolhouse in 1888, then became a social hall, historical society museum, and city-owned history stop.